XSS in Vitessio Vitess

CVE-2024-53257

Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. The /debug/querylogz and /debug/env pages for vtgate and vttablet do not properly escape user input. The result is that queries executed by Vitess can write HTML into the monitoring page at will. These pages are rendered using text/template instead of rendering with a proper HTML templating engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 21.0.1, 20.0.4, and 19.0.8.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-53257: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Vitessio Vitess — versions >= 0.21.0-rc1, < 21.0.1, >= 0.20.0-rc1, < 20.0.4, < 19.0.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53257?
CVE-2024-53257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vitessio Vitess, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-53257?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.